Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

> -Urspr|ngliche Nachricht- > Von: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] > Im Auftrag von Mike Erdely > Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Mdrz 2009 20:25 > An: misc(at)openbsd.org > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddri

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:38:27AM +0100, misc(at)openbsd.org wrote: > I have a question regarding openbsd and partitions. I want to have more > than one obsd installation on one harddrive. The idea behind that > question ist to be able to install a newer release in parallel, chroot > into it, comp

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

Jonathan Thornburg wrote on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:53:55AM -0400: > # - from the install disk, shell out before the install > # - ed install.sub Oops, yes, right, i completely forgot root is hardcoded to "a" so this manipulation is needed. In other words, this is not officially supported. If it

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

In message I wrote [[about how to install OpenBSD with root on a 'd' partition instead of the default 'a']]: > In other words, at the "boot, install, or shell" prompt, say "shell" > and then Sorry, that was a read error on /dev/brain. What

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

In message , Hagen Volpers writes [[about having two completely separate OpenBSD installs on the same disk, one with wd0a as the root partition, another with wd0d]] > Ok, tried it, but disklabel always want to use wd0a as root-partition. That'

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

> -Urspr|ngliche Nachricht- > Von: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] > Im Auftrag von Ingo Schwarze > Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Mdrz 2009 03:12 > An: Volpers, Hagen > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive >

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

Volpers, Hagen wrote on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:56:07AM +0100: > But I think there is a misunderstanding. I was talking about, mmhh, > let's say fdisk partitions. I want to create two absolut independent > installations. My problem is, that disklabel always uses the whole > disc (c:), I'm not able

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] > Im Auftrag von Ingo Schwarze > Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Mdrz 2009 01:25 > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive > > Hi Hagen, > > Hagen Volpers wrote on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:38:27

Re: Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

Hi Hagen, Hagen Volpers wrote on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:38:27AM +0100: > I have a question regarding openbsd and partitions. > I want to have more than one obsd installation on one harddrive. At least on i386, no problem whatsoever. Just define one /root partition per installation and have the

Multiple obsd installations on one harddrive

Hi @all, I have a question regarding openbsd and partitions. I want to have more than one obsd installation on one harddrive. The idea behind that question ist to be able to install a newer release in parallel, chroot into it, compile stuff, install packages etc and boot into that partition when i